Moving to NYC can be an incredibly exciting time for you and your family. New York’s diverse cultures and sheer volume of amazing variety provide a wonderful opportunity for your child to learn, grown and flourish. Finding your child the right private school, however, can be especially challenging if you are moving mid-school year.
Find your child a place in an NYC private school can be a hectic and time consuming endeavor even for those who are familiar with the process. Try to build a network of new contacts as soon as you can in order to gather as much information about local NYC private school choices in your area.
After you have completed your research and during the interview process you may need to have your child take placement tests in order to submit his or her scores to your chosen schools. Your child will most likely have to take the ERB or the ISEE. If you are not familiar with the ERB or ISEE tests, you can find a large amount of very helpful information about the tests, what is on them and how your child can prepare for it by clicking on the links in this post.
Next Steps to help you prepare your child for Transferring to a NYC private school:
1. Request a listing of admissions or placement tests that your child’s chosen schools will require.
2. Request complete transcripts be sent from your child’s current school to those your child will be applying to.
3. Plan ahead to give your child plenty of time to prepare for any placement and admissions tests. Especially for older children, springing a test date on them with only 24 hours notice will not go over well.
4. Be sure to look at transportation schedules for your child and yourself to make sure your timelines will match up for both school and work. Many people who are not familiar with New York assume that, being such a small area, transportation around the city won’t take too long.
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